Pen-extractor.



J D BARBIE PEN EXTRACTDB.

(Application led Sept. 21, 1899.)

(No Model.)

wilfmzsozo UNITEI; STATES PATENT OFFICE.

.lOl-IN D. BARBIE, OF LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA.

` PENExTRAcToR.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 648,830, dated May 1, 1900.

Application iiled September 21, 1899. Serial No. 731,209. (No model.)

To all whoml it may concern,.- l

Ile it known that I, JOHN D. BARBIE., a citizen of the United States, residing 'at Los Angeles, in the county of Los Angeles and State To this end the invention consists in cer,

tain features of constructionand combination of parts, which will be hereinafter fully 2o vdescribed and claimed.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure lis a perspective View of one end of a desk-ruler having my pen-extractor itted thereto. Fig. 2 is a sectional View of the-saine.

25 In the drawings the same reference char-J.

acters indicate the same parts of the invention.

l denotes the ruler or base, the rear edge of which is formed with alongitudinal groove 3o 2, and 3 denotes a cylindrical pocket formed"y in the end of the ruler parallel with said groove. v

4 represents a recess formed in the same -end of'the ruler and connecting the groove 35 and pocket.

p 5 denotes a lever fulcrumed on the .p/in 6, extending through the recess, with its outer the pocket.

' end 7 extending into the' groove 2 and its clamping-jaw 8 extending into the pocket, so ,as to abut against the contiguous wall. 4o

9 denotes a stud formed on the jaw S to receive one end of a spring 10, the opposite end of which abuts against the bottom of the pocket.

In using the deviceV the pen-point is in-l 45 sertedbetween the jaw and the contiguous wall of the pocket, the spring clamping the pen-point between the jaw and the wall of v The penholder is then forcedaway from the ruler, leaving the pen-point 5o sticking in the pocket, and the en d 7 of. the lever is then pushed outward, which draws the jaw away from the wall of the pocket', and

. -thus releases the pen-point.

It will of course be understood that various 5 5 changes in the form, proportion, and the niinor details of construction may be resorted to without departing from the principleor sacrificing any of the advantages of this invention.

Having thusdescribedthe invention,what 6ov l is claimed, and desired to be secured by Letters Patent of the United States, is

A base formed with a longitudinal groove, a cylindrical pocket parallel with the groove, and a recess between thel groove and the 65 pocket, a lever fnlcrumed 'in the recess and having 'one end terminating in a clampingjaw extending into said pocket, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

.In testimony whereof I have hereunto set 7o my hand in presence of two subscribing witncsses.

JOHN D. BARBIE.

VVitnessesz- CHARLES S. MANN, WALTER L. Fnos'r. 

